The evening session marked the start of the second stage — effectively the Super Eight — and Australia ensured the top seed was made to work for every point. Yangzi Liu, the highest-ranked Australian singles player, was the standout performer, racing past both Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sreeja Akula without dropping a game. The women had eased past Sri Lanka 3-0 earlier in the afternoon. Important resultsSecond stage:Women: India bt Australia 3-2 (Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Yangzi Liu 13-15, 9-11, 5-11, Sreeja Akula bt Min Hyung Jee 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9, Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Constantina Psihogios 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11, Yangzi bt Sreeja 11-8, 11-5, 11-5, Yashaswini bt Min 11-5, 11-9, 11-8), India bt Sri Lanka 3-0, Canada bt Sri Lanka 3-0, Australia bt Canada 3-0. Men: Malaysia bt Maldives 3-1, Sri Lanka bt Namibia 3-0y.